Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ana-North Dakota -South Dakota-Nebrask a-Kansas~Oklahoma-Texa Rowan rides to Race Place w in By Brad and Sharon Jones CHAP MA N , KS, MAY 8 Fr ank Royse, th e new promoter of Ra ce Place II has bee n putting man y ho u rs into this motocross track , The treacherous front ro llers h ave been re-worked with th e third and sixt h rollers remov ed 10 allow rider s to land o n flat ground instead o f a nother jump, resu lt ing in fewer ser io us crashes. Cody Rowan had fin e rides in bo th th e 125 an d 250cc Junior classes. Cod y won th e 250s with a co nv inci ng I-I fini sh o ver Jim H oo ver's 4-2. A seco n d rn oto crash in th e 125cc class cost Cody hi s chance fo r a pe rfect score. Former Mini Expert JaTOn Cox inh er ited th e first pl ace hono rs with a 3-1 finish . Kevin Wolf p owered h is H onda to first in th e 125cc Expert class fo r the o pe ni ng laps with Bobby Lowma n a nd Mike Bosto n pressing. Lowman got by on ly to slide out on an offcamber turn . Bosto n . who had slipped past Wo lf. hap p ily took o ver first place. Troy R ho ten quietly passed all bu t Boston lat e in the race for seco nd. Wo lf went for the ho lesh ot in moto . tw o and agai n led the opening lap s. This ti m e Rh o ten pressed Wo lf , slippe d by, a nd bu ilt a five-second lead o n th e p ack . Boston worked u p 10 seco n d by th e end o f th e race, but was un able 10 ca tch Rhot en . Kawasaki riders Ba SIOn a nd L ow man dominat ed th e 250cc Ex pe rts as th ey wa lked a way with bo th m ot os. Tony Reyn olds led sta rt 10 finish in the fir st Open Expert moto . Lance Bedell ca me from last to seco n d 10 tra il Reyn olds, but never p ulled close enough to di ce. Brad Jones too k h is H onda to a quick lead in the second moto , Lance Bed ell closed in o n J ones, but a nearco ll isio n wi th a large tree left Bedell o n th e gro u nd. R eyn ol d s ra ced th rough the pack afte r ~ first la p cras h bu t fo u nd J o nes 100 far a head wh en time ra n o ut. Reyn o lds -too k th e o vera ll with a 2-1 finis h. Results MI NI M INI ; 1. Robb ie Sk aggs (Ya m); 2 . Ch ris ti na Neidhan (Yam). • J R CYCLE: t . J .D . Bla ck (Ka w) ; 2. Bren t Peterson (Kaw); 3. Sean Carson . M INI NOV: 1. J.D. Black (Suz): 2. Todd Bowd reay (Su.); 3. Scon Wo lf IJo n). MI NI JR : 1. A lan Som m ers (Kaw); 2. Br ian Ben nett (Kaw); 3 . Brent Pet erso n (Suzl. MI NI SR: 1. David Oursler IKawl; 2. James Williams (Yaml; 3. Charles Hagebusch (Kawl. M INI OPEN: 1. David Ou rsle r IKaw); 2. James W ill iams (Yam I. 125 NOV: 'l . M ark Devin (Ho n); 2. Ma rk Goodson (Suz); 3 . Ru ssell Cai n (Yam). 125 J R: 1.Jaron Co x (Kawl; 2 . Jim Hoover (Yam ); 3. Cody Rown (Kaw). 125 SR: 1. Troy Rhoten (Kaw) ; 2. Mi ke Bosto n IKaw); 3. Kurt Joh nston (Kaw) . 2 50 / 0 PEN NOV: 1. Rob Osborn (Kaw) ; 2. Rya n Edwards (Kaw); 3 . Tony Edwards (Suz ). 2 50 EX: 1. Mike Bos ton (Kaw) ; 2. Bobb y Lowman (Kaw ); 3. Bruc e Staple s (Suz). OPEN JR: 1. FredTraskow skv (Vam); 2. John The· la nder (Yam). OPEN SR: 1. Ton y Reyno lds (Kaw ); 2. Brad J on es (Hon); 3. Lance Bedell (Hon). OVER 30: 1. larry Beir (Yam); 2. Sam Hene ry (C-Z); 3. Glen Kinsey ISu.). Rogers on top at Motosports MX By Joe Milian SAN AN TON IO , T X, MAY 8 money. and a second mota spill cost Kevin H o rt o n a high overall pl acing in th is. th e o peni ng event in th e three meetin g So u th Texas Series . T he " Ro ller Coaster" section where H orton ca me to grid proved to be th e undoing of a score o f riders during th e day 's racing. One competit or whose future nego tiation of this area will be a bit more de libera te is Joel Stone. Stone was en gaged in a furious dice with Pau l Chadwick in th e initial heat of the 250cc Intermedi at es when h e mi sjudged the fourth a n d last ramp-style bump an d went of f th e tr ack and into th e crowd , a llowi ng Chadwick to proceed a lo ne 10 th e flag. Chadwick took a n uncontested tour in th e seco n d sta n za as Sto ne DNF an d was o u t o f co ntention. Ronn ie Pr ado . h oping 10 make a good show in g in h is final three races as a 125cc Interm edi at e, laid was te to the res t of the fie ld as he ran awav with both mo tes to win in co nvi n cing st-¥).e. On ly a fir st h ea t clash in th e firs t tu rn wit h th e H onda of Mike Gesell slowed P rado in h is trophy bid. Pra do 's physical conditioning and stand-up style wi ll serve him well when he steps up into th e P ro ran ks at the en d of this South Texas Series . H arlin gen 's Darius Gramley found himself in the unacc ustomed position o f runn er-up in the Over 30 Experts as a first-mota fo ul-up relega ted him to th is spo t. J ak e Warr en seize d th e lead o n both tr ips o ver th e ga te a nd held off a ll co me rs in hi s fir st outing to g ra b th e win. In th e seco n d m o ta , h ow ev er , Gramley was not to be denied ; h e mad e hi s third a tte mpt 10 get arou nd Warren h old up a nd th en mot ored away. Warren took th e o vera ll ahead o f G ramley a nd Dal e Sha n k was th ird . Shan k a lso made h is presen ce felt in the Open N o vice cl ass as he fi nished a strong seco nd 10 Tim Reed y. Sha n k dogged th e rea r kn obby o f th e yo u nger Reed y o n lap a fter la p , bu t ridin g in two classes ma y have ta ken its to ll as h e fad ed toward th e finish of both hea ts. Mexi can minibike sensation Tomas Esca m illa m ad e th e long trip from Monterr ey a successful one as he rode 10 co me -from -be h ind wins in both attempts in th e Min i Min i madness. Escam illa's smooth, fla t-track lin e through the swe eping home turn was a real crowd pleaser, The yo u n g Yamaha p ilot showed style and verv e beyond his tender years. Steven Purr ier made a rac e of it in both tr ies to finish second. Harold Martini co p ped hard lu ck laurels for th e day a s an erra nt cha in in th e closing stages of the opening h ea t of th e 27-rid er 125cc Novi ce divisio n cos t h im th e tit le in that class. • .~ ~ C() 00 O"l ...... ...... Q.) I:::: ~ ~ a::::= ~1!Mt ~ TO .!.r"t Sen d lor FRE E d ec al and inloon these and ot her line products Irom th e hi-performance luel experts. Dealer inq uirles _00.' l B3 East Wash ington Slreel • Chagrin Fall s. 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Ch ri s Gain e s (Ka w ); 2. Pete Nauer (Yam); 3 . Kris Ga rt s (Ka w ). 125 BEG : 1. Ja m es Foss (Yam) ; 2. Rya n M arsha ll (Yam); 3 . Ma rk Hamil ton (Yam). 250 BEG : 1. Cra ig A yer s (Yam); 2. Cary l Kau fman (Suz); 3. Rob Talbert IHus ). 12 5 NOV : 1. Tra ev Terre l (Ka w) ; 2. Sa ne Tabassi (KTM); 3. Daniel Villareal (Hon). OPEN NOV : 1. Tim Reedv (Suz); 2: Dale Sha nk (Sud; 3 . George W ilhit e (Kaw) . 250 NO V : 1. Ky le Powell (Han) ; 2. Denn is Ell iott Corpus Christi 's "R ussel Rogers put in an impressive display of riding toda y as he scored co nsecu tive moto wins in th e (Vam); 3. Gar y Beavers (Vam). 125 INT; 1. Ronnie Prado (Vam); 2. M ike Gesell (Hon); 3. Kevi n Ad ioch (Hon). 125cc Expert class a nd th en traded hea t victories with John Bersch in guiding his YZ250 to a second overall th ere. Austin P ro Hunter Carothers suffered a disappointing da y as poor starts kept him well a way from the 125 EX: 1. Russel Rogers (Yam); 2. Lee Ur ibe (Yam); 3. W atter Rode (Hon). 25 0 INT: 1. Paul Chadwick (Hon l; 2. Louis Wooley (Ho n); 3. Tracy Tolben (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. W eston K. Reid (Kaw ); 2. Jo n R. Bennen (Hus); 3 . M arvin M cK im (Yam). 250 EX: 1. J ohn Bersc h (Han); 2 . Russel Rog ers (Yam ); 3 . J ai me Killion (Yam l. OVER 30 EX: 1. Jake Warren (Sul); 2 . Dari u s Gr am ley (Kaw ); 3 . Dale Sha nk (S uzi . OVER 30 INT: 1. Clay Beegle (Hon); 2. Randy La mbert (Hon); 3 . Joe Kou ry (Hon ). CANADIAN NEEDLES FOR KAWASAKI GPZs Ava ilable now from Cham pion Moriw ak l USA . These carb uretor needles allow you to tune you r GPZ to ma ximum horsepo wer outp ut Ch amp,on Moriwalci USA 1980 Harbor Blvd. Cos ta Mesa . CA 92627 (714) 642-2040 43 -s-

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